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    FINALLY having a chicken coop built!! -- PHOTOS ARE UP!!

    Sorry for the late post but this coop is AMAZING!! Congrats and your chickens are the luckliest in the world! Beautiful coop!
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    Battery Hens

    Quote: These hens are usually crammed into a cage no bigger than their bodies, they can not move, stand, roost, fly, go out and enjoy sunlight on their backs, nothing! When they are useless and stop laying, they get butchered for animal food, or the chicken pie you saw at your last visit to...
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    good place to get adult chickens?

    Usuallly they will sell them cheap, 50cents, 1$, 2$, That's what I am planning on doing hopefully soon.
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    Battery Hens

    Hello, I was around through some online chicken pages, and noticed that there are two egg farms close to my house, (1-2 hours away) I want to know what is everyone else's experience in rescuing battery hens? Any tips for doing such? Thanks in advance! Nick
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    good place to get adult chickens?

    maybe you should rescue some battery hens?
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    HELP! 4week old Buff Orpington has a beak problem PICS ON PAGE 2

    he looks really bad, i think he has a chance....
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    HELP! 4week old Buff Orpington has a beak problem PICS ON PAGE 2

    he will drink lots, i dont give him too much or else he'll drown. once every 2 days he will eat a bit of medicated starter on a bit of water to make it softer for him he will eat only a little bit. his poop is the same since he was born, so im not too worried about that, but i am concerned about...
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    HELP! 4week old Buff Orpington has a beak problem PICS ON PAGE 2

    i think i know what went wrong, for the last few weeks i noticed him on the side of the brooder, i was looking through the internet and found out that if chickens stay away or to the corner of the broder far from the light they are too hot, so, what i am guessing due to the high temperatures in...
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    Woot! It's snowing ...updated with new pics at the end

    we are supposed to have snow on thanksgiving day!!
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    Ok, what breed is this little guy....?

    it indeed looks like a pullet! congrats! they have quite a few pictures of silver phoenixes here http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Phoen/BRKPhoenix.html
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    HELP! sick chick opens and closes mouth, eyes closed

    you're doing what i would do in your situation. does the water have sugar? if not add a little bit to it...
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    HELP! sick chick opens and closes mouth, eyes closed

    antibotics is probably a good idea, get some to mix with the water to get him energized and "hiper." is he thirsty? if he opens and closes his mouth he could be wanting water? when was the last time he had any water?
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    HELP! sick chick opens and closes mouth, eyes closed

    can he walk? my chick has the same problem of standing with his beak down and his eyes closed, just that mine's beak is broken.
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    Buff Orp Pics @ 4 Weeks PICS PICS PICS

    omg, mine is 4 weeks old and he looks nothing like that... its because he is sick.. are those pullets you have there? that maybe the reason, pullets feather faster then cockerels...
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    HELP! 4week old Buff Orpington has a beak problem PICS ON PAGE 2

    No way i'm culling him. He will hopefully get bettter, i have faith in him.
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